Acer Is Making A Companion Handheld That Pairs With Its Gaming PCs

The most original gaming gadget Acer confirmed at Computex is a handheld dubbed the Nitro Blaze Link. Acer is billing it as a companion system that connects to an present PC setup for streaming and enjoying your recreation library over Wi-Fi. 

The Nitro Blaze Link has a 7-inch touchscreen and weighs in at 464 grams (about 1.02 kilos). This handheld might be accessible in North America and EMEA a while within the fourth quarter of 2026, however we haven’t any particulars but on pricing. The moveable gaming product section seems to be of rising curiosity for Acer, because it simply launched one other, beefier possibility within the Predator Atlas 8 yesterday.

The firm additionally unveiled two new gaming laptops that may sync up with the Nitro Blaze Link — the Predator Helios and Nitro 16. The Predator Helios 18 AI gaming laptop computer is kitted with as much as an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 290HX Plus and as much as an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU. It has an 18-inch Mini LED show that may run HD decision at 240 Hz or 4K at 120 Hz, relying on whether or not you need to favor efficiency or immersion. The machine tops out at 6TB of storage to help the ever-growing file sizes on right now’s AAA titles.

The Nitro 16 looks like a extra budget-friendly possibility. The highest-end model will include an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU and an AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor. Both gaming laptops are slated to hit the North American market in August, however no pricing information is out there but.